PREMIER LEAGUE: Saturday Preview

PREMIER LEAGUE FIVE MATCHES: Five more matches in the Premier League on Saturday including the 5.30pm televised clash at Goodison between Everton and Middlesbrough. We preview all the matches with a recommended BETDAQ bet.

Hull v Arsenal

3pm Hull have made a very good start to their Premier League campaign and should be able to cause Arsenal problems here, Arsenal certainly do look to be a bit short at around the 1.6 mark – Hull have been pretty solid at the back and you can certainly see the match developing a little like when United visited here before the International break. Arsenal have found late goals against Southampton and PSG in the their last two games so we’re not fully keen on laying them at 1.6, however we do think Hull will defend well and thus it will be a low scoring game – we like under 2.5 goals at around the 2.0 mark.

Leicester v Burnley

3pm After a disappointing start to their season in the Premier League, Leicester will hope to have the kick-start they needed by thumping Club Brugge in the Champions League midweek. Anything close to a similar performance should see them beat this Burnley side who have struggled this season thus far bar their surprise win against Liverpool. Leicester a currently priced at around 1.56 in the 90 minutes market and we want to look around for something at a better price. With over 2.5 goals only trading at 1.94, we prefer Leicester on the handicap, they’re currently priced at around 2.0 -1 goal on the Asian Handicap and we feel that is the value play here.

Manchester City v Bournemouth

3pm Manchester City finally got to play their midweek Champions League game on Wednesday after rain postponed the game on Tuesday evening – they couldn’t have been more in command winning 4-0 and you might even say that you feel a little sorry for Bournemouth here! City are currently trading 1.3 in the win market and while we fully expected them to win, we want to see is there any bigger prices around. Bournemouth games have been generally low scoring since their opening 3-1 defeat to Man United so over 2.5 goals doesn’t appeal too much at 1.52 – we can see Bournemouth setting up defensively and being fairly negative – if there are to be plenty of goals they should come from City and we’re happy to back them on the handicap at 1.9 -1.5 goals.

BETDAQ BEST BET: Manchester City -1.5 goals to beat Bournemouth at 1.9.

West Brom v West Ham

3pm What happened to West Ham last weekend? They were 2-0 up and seemingly cruising against Watford before going on to lose 4-2 in one of the most surprising turnarounds for a while! Six goals in the game wasn’t a surprise though as their games towards the end of last season were packed with goals – you cant say the same about West Brom who have been averaging under a goal a game under Pulis – can that be the difference here? West Ham look to be a big price to us at around the 3.0 mark – and certainly in the draw-no-bet market at around . West Brom have been reasonably poor in their last two games against Bournemouth and Middlesbrough, failing to find the net on each occasion, and it’s hard to see why they should be favourite against a very good West Ham side, albeit with home advantage.

Everton v Middlesbrough

5-30pm Lukaku bounced back to goal scoring form for Everton on Monday night with an easy 3-0 win against Sunderland – and he could have scored more! Before Monday night he had gone 1139 minutes without a goal in an Everton jersey, and having him in goal scoring form will be a huge positive for Everton. Ronald Koeman looks to be a good fit for Everton too, and if they are to win here – it will be their best start to a Premier League campaign ever. And at around the 1.73 mark, they look to be a big price to do so – Middlesbrough have looked solid if nothing in their games thus far this season however they have yet to come up against a side of Everton’s quality, and losing 2-1 at home to Crystal Palace, who have been woefully out of form in 2016, has to be a worry – they haven’t been racking up the goals either, finding the net just four times in four league games – we expected Everton to out-gun them here with an in-from Lukaku up top.